BY: LUC RINALDI When discussing music, people have a tendency to exaggerate originality. Stray from the typical four-chord structure and you’re innovating. Compose in an unconventional time signature—groundbreaking. Merge, defy, and subvert standard genres? Revolutionary. While most artists fail to…
Here are 4 reasons list articles are making you stupid
BY: TYLER FYFE We have begun to consume information in the same way we swallow fast food and frozen dinners. List articles are the McDouble of the mind, providing the same instant satisfaction and slow brewing disease as two hormone-injected…
How this man stopped eating food for 30 days and stayed healthy
BY: LUC RINALDI In February 2013, a twenty-something Atlanta tech entrepreneur named Rob Rhinehart posted an entry on his blog, Mostly Harmless, titled, “How I Stopped Eating Food.” In it, he detailed his frustration with food—how much time it took…
These engineering graduates created a bong that lets you get drunk and high at the same time (video)
By: PILGRIM A long, graffiti-bombed school bus turned up out of the dust and opened its doors. “Coming along?” In the passenger seat, sat a tall and slender Caucasian in his mid-twenties with a handlebar moustache that reached down to…
Detroit is decomposing: The beauty in decay (Photos)
BY: RYAN BOLTON He stood alone with a mammoth building looming behind him. There were puddles at his feet. The sky was slowly clearing up as beams of sun pierced through languid clouds. His dark sunglasses, well-kept mustache and military-grade buzzcut…
Are you actually helping Africa?
BY: DAVID PATON In 1899 Rudyard Kipling, the likeable and well-meaning British author of The Jungle Book, penned a poem he entitled The White Man’s Burden. It was a love poem to colonialism, painting the world as it was –…
How crowdfunding could turn your startup into a multi-million dollar company overnight
BY: LUC RINALDI Surfing the web the other day, I discovered Coolest—that is, “a portable party disguised as a cooler.” Boasting a built-in blender, Bluetooth speaker, USB charger, cutting board, bottle opener, and more, the Kickstarter project is undoubtedly the…
This commune in BC lets you live for free and pays you in drugs (Video)
BY: ROBERT HOFMANN Poole picked out a white dried-up mushroom the size of my thumb and snapped it in two. “A gram for each of you,” says Poole, and hands me my half. One gram, it seemed, was a bit…
Why politics has become a dirty word
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Youth of today speak of the Canadian political system as if it has never belonged to them. Today we face a world characterized by forecasts of environmental catastrophe and a growing social inequality preserved by insatiable…
This busker has a $2,000 batsuit! – Toronto Batman
By Jackie Hong Toronto Batman’s a little disgruntled after a girl he posed with for a photo drops a quarter into his tip jar. “Oh yes, I can go buy bubble gum, thank you! Being sarcastic, by the way,” he…
The underworld of the internet- Beginners guide to the deep web
BY: VANESSA NIGRO How many times have you caught yourself uttering the phrase, “Just Google it,”? For many, Google and other popular search engines hold the answer to any question, like an all-knowing God speaking infinite wisdom to its virtual…
Fighting hunger instead of humans – Food Not Bombs
By JACKIE HONG Jon Stepanian’s a busy guy. He’s been up since 6 a.m. driving around Long Island, New York, picking up and logging food donations and then helping to distribute them. And he’s not even done yet – he’s…
Toronto designer, Jay Wall, fights corporate greed
BY:ATLAS One wintery night in early 2012, Jay Wall laid down a handmade stencil on a Toronto sidewalk. Crouched at the corner of College Street and Manning Avenue, he pulled out a can of white spray paint and began to…
My first time tripping on acid
Down the rabbit hole we go. A few cigarettes were being passed around as I watched the grains of soil slowly become magnified. “Have a drag man, it’ll speed up your bloodstream. The acid will hit you harder” Tyler said.…
Confessions of a sex worker with a Masters Degree
By GARY SEWARD What if your resume read like this: “Hello gentlemen, I am Robert. I am 22 5’8 and 150 lbs. I’m the perfect twinky companion for the 9-5er who wants to escape and find a relaxing, enjoyable young…
This bicycle reaches speeds above 130km/h: The world’s fastest bicycle
BY: ATLAS AeroVelo’s fifth-floor McCaul Street space looks more like a bike repair shop than a lab. Bikes lean against the wall in the hallway, a makeshift elliptical sits in the corner of one room, tools and loose parts litter…
Permaculture: Realizing that food comes from the ground, not a store
BY: PILGRIM The short-term benefits of environmental abuse are too large to abandon, at least with the threat of disaster so far at bay. We’ve still got about 15, maybe 20 years before the fire of climate change arrives. How…
Aquaponics – The cure to world hunger for the price of fish food
By: PILGRIM In 1969, John Todd, Nancy Jack Todd, and William McLarney discovered aquaculture: a self-sustaining hybrid between an organic hydroponic garden (grown from water) and personal fish farm. The complementing relationship between fish and plant habitats allows one to…
The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is a domestic project with global consequences
BY: TYLER FYFE PHOTOGRAPHY: CONNOR BRIAN Economy is not the opposite of environment. Profit is not synonymous with prosperity. Our idea of progress is its definition. The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline was approved June 17th 2014, marking the beginning of the…
26-year-old rides bike 2913 miles to prove a point
BY: LAURA ROJAS 26 year old Julian Rojas was born and raised in Colombia. He graduated from Industrial Engineering three years ago after studying at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. Having always been an avid biker and life…